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« on: May 05, 2017, 05:55:17 pm »



The first bottle is made of a stone that is called by a number of different names, one of them elephant skin jasper. I bought it because, even though I like it, I find this stone almost impossible to cut as it is so muddy. I assume they must have stabilized the stone or else that there are some pieces that are more stable than others.


Maybe I missed this since you have been a member here, but are you a lapidary, and tried cutting this type of material before ?

Interesting that it is muddy when cut..  When I use to cut into stabilized turquoise, I do not recall it being muddy..

I think it may be more similar to different imitation materials used for countertops...
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